<em>Dare Not Speak</em>—a One-Act Play

Abdul Rahman Katanani

7 JUNE 2024 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
An Iraqi playwright comments on the difficulties of writing about today’s violence in a climate of suspicion and censorship..

 

Hassan Abdulrazzak

 

The National Theatre was lit up in the colors of the Ukrainian flag but so far has remained silent about the genocide in Gaza. In fact, very few theatres or companies have issued statements in support of Palestinians. One exception has been Arcola Theatre, which programmed the multi-author show Cutting the Tightrope: The Divorce of Politics from Art, instigated in response to the Arts Council England warning arts companies and those who work for them from making “overtly political or activist” statements. It later emerged this was done after discussions with the government to prevent artists speaking out against the war on Gaza. Even before this revelation, we all knew why the policy revision was made. I was approached by director Cressida Brown to contribute to the show. The murder of six-year-old Hind Rajab was a story that I found particularly moving and I wanted to dramatize it in such a way as to address the issue of censorship surrounding Palestine. The result was Dare Not Speak. The show succeeded through a combination of word-of-mouth, social media posts and the odd review. It will return to Arcola Theatre in September 2024.

 

One-Act Play: Dare Not Speak

NATALIE

I’m really sorry Hind, it’s taken us this long to meet.

HIND

Eight months.

NATALIE

The rebrand just … argh … and the budget cuts, don’t get me started on the budget cuts … anyway we’re here now … I am all ears.

HIND

Shall I just go into it?

NATALIE

I don’t mean to rush you, it’s just I have a meeting with the board after this. Are you comfortable? Do you need water?

HIND

I am fine.

NATALIE

Shoot.

HIND

A little girl gets in a car with her uncle, aunt and cousins and they drive south. They are fleeing the occupying army which is shelling the north where they live. Their conversation is about the fighting, yes, but also about more mundane things: what they forgot to pack, the merits of practicing trigonometry even though schools have shut, should they listen to the news or to a song to calm their nerves, that sort of thing. Suddenly, the car is shot by an army tank, killing the uncle, aunt and four cousins. One of the older cousins who survives calls the Red Crescent. “They are shooting at us. We’re in the car, the tank is right next to us” Later, while the cousin is on the phone, she is shot dead by a soldier raking the car with his machine gun. When the dispatchers call back, only the little girl is left alive. She stays on the line with the Red Crescent for three hours, telling the dispatcher “I’m so scared, please come. Come take me. Please, will you come?” When the Red Crescent ambulance crew finally arrive, they find the little girl dead. The play is basically the last day of the little girl’s life condensed into an hour and a half.

NATALIE

Wow. Okay. I read that story in the news. Remind me of the girl’s name?

HIND

Hind.

NATALIE

Like your name.

HIND

She’s me.

NATALIE

Yes, I see. She’s all of us.

HIND

No, she’s really me.

NATALIE

I don’t … oh … you’re …

HIND

Yes.

NATALIE

Dead?

HIND

Murdered.

Ruth Lass as Natalie and Sara Masry as Hind in Dare Not Speak? - photo David Monteith-Hodge, courtesy Arcola Theatre
Ruth Lass as Natalie and Sara Masry as Hind in Dare Not Speak (photo David Monteith-Hodge (courtesy Arcola Theatre).

NATALIE

Wow. Okay, that puts a whole different spin on it. How come you’re an adult?

HIND

I’ve had a whole life after death.

NATALIE

Look, as you know we’re a very progressive theatre. We’ve programmed the work of all sorts of writers. We pride ourselves on being very diverse. But I have to say we haven’t programmed a writer that has been killed.

HIND

Murdered.

NATALIE

And who pitched their story to us from beyond the grave. This is a first.

HIND

So you’ll stage it?

NATALIE

The story seems more suited to film than stage. I mean with the car and the tank and the guns.

HIND

No film producer wants to touch it.

NATALIE

Yes, well … The subject matter, it’s sensitive/

HIND

Censored.

NATALIE

We can’t make overtly political or activist statements. It could damage our reputation. We want to do something about the conflict/

HIND

Genocide.

NATALIE

But we can’t do something so direct. And to be frank with you, while the story of the little girl/

HIND

my story.

NATALIE

Sorry, your story. While it’s moving…it’s a little how can I put it? … on the nose.

HIND

In real life, when the ambulance turned up, the entire crew was murdered by the occupation soldiers.

NATALIE

I can see you tried to tone it down but still, it’s too on the nose.

HIND

You had a play set during the Second World War last season, why wasn’t that considered on the nose?

NATALIE

Ah … that’s … that’s different. The subject is very popular with our audience. They feel it’s about the core of who they are.

HIND

My play is about them also because their tax money pays for the occupier’s weapons.

NATALIE

It’s not the same. And besides our play showed no violence, it was all implied.

HIND

I told you the story but I didn’t tell you how I’ve treated it. It‘s written from my perspective as a child. The events happening around me are mixed with things imagined, with fragments of stories, with songs, with puppets. We never see the soldiers.


Mural, "Remembering Hind Rajab," killed by the Israeli military after being the sole survivor of Israeli tank fire on the vehicle in which she had fled with six relatives. Mural by Emmaline Blake outside the grounds of Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland.
Mural, “Remembering Hind Rajab,” killed by the Israeli military after being the sole survivor of Israeli tank fire on the vehicle in which she had fled with six relatives. Mural by Emmaline Blake outside the grounds of Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland.

NATALIE

That’s good. I’ll tell you what, send me a draft and we’ll take a look.

HIND

When would you get back to me?

NATALIE

We’re snowed under.

HIND

Another eight months?

NATALIE

At the very least.

HIND

You have no intention of programming it, do you?

NATALIE

We could commission you to write something else. We are very interested in working with a writer who represents the community of the dead.

HIND

Murdered.

NATALIE

I can’t use that word. You know that.

HIND

Not even here, in private?

NATALIE

If I use the word then it means I have taken a side in this conflict.

HIND

Genocide.

NATALIE

I can’t use that word either, I’m afraid. Sorry.

HIND

Your funders will not allow my story to be told, will they?

NATALIE

It’s not like that/

HIND

isn’t it?

NATALIE

It’s more the board. They have to approve.

HIND

Surely the final decision is with you.

NATALIE

I have to get going. Send me the play. We might have a one-day reading of it in the basement.

HIND

And I should be grateful for that?

NATALIE

It’s the best I can do.

HIND

I was murdered, in a genocide and I could easily be forgotten because when it comes to my people, you lot suffer from permanent amnesia. I believe in the power of stories, I believe in their potential to save lives. Perhaps if my story is better known, it will motivate more people to prevent the next genocide.

NATALIE

I can’t program your play. I want to but I can’t. I’m on your side.

HIND

How about I tell the story from the perspective of my pet hamster?

NATALIE

Interesting.

HIND

It will be the story of a pet hamster trapped in a car for reasons unknown, with only her human owner for companion. I’ll make no mention of occupation, genocide or murder. Is that better?

NATALIE

Much. Metaphor is so powerful.

HIND

I wasn’t being serious.

NATALIE

I really have to go. Do you have far to get back?

HIND

I’m dead. So I’m kind of everywhere.

NATALIE

I know what you mean, I’m between flats right now myself. Good luck with the writing.

HIND

Natalie …

NATALIE

Yes.

HIND

My story will have a life. Even if you don’t allow it on your stage. It will haunt your dreams.

NATALIE

Is that a threat?

HIND

No. A premonition.

The End

 

Hassan Abdulrazzak is working on a musical about the arms trade called The Shadow World.

Hassan Abdulrazzak

Hassan Abdulrazzak is an award-winning writer of Iraqi origin. His plays include And Here I Am (Arcola Theatre, 2017 and currently touring internationally) and Baghdad Wedding (Soho Theatre 2007 and international productions in Mumbai and Sydney). The script of his short film... Read more

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Palestinian Culture, Under Assault, Celebrated in New Cookbook

3 MAY 2024 • By Mischa Geracoulis
Palestinian Culture, Under Assault, Celebrated in New Cookbook
Art

Malak Mattar: No Words, Only Scenes of Ruin

26 APRIL 2024 • By Nadine Nour el Din
Malak Mattar: No Words, Only Scenes of Ruin
Opinion

Equating Critique of Israel with Antisemitism, US Academics are Being Silenced

12 APRIL 2024 • By Maura Finkelstein
Equating Critique of Israel with Antisemitism, US Academics are Being Silenced
Opinion

Censorship over Gaza and Palestine Roils the Arts Community

12 APRIL 2024 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
Censorship over Gaza and Palestine Roils the Arts Community
Art

Past Disquiet at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris

1 APRIL 2024 • By Kristine Khouri, Rasha Salti
<em>Past Disquiet</em> at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris
Essays

Undoing Colonial Geographies from Paris with Ariella Aïsha Azoulay

1 APRIL 2024 • By Sasha Moujaes, Jordan Elgrably
Undoing Colonial Geographies from Paris with Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
Book Reviews

Fady Joudah’s […] Dares Us to Listen to Palestinian Words—and Silences

25 MARCH 2024 • By Eman Quotah
Fady Joudah’s <em>[…]</em> Dares Us to Listen to Palestinian Words—and Silences
Art & Photography

Will Artists Against Genocide Boycott the Venice Biennale?

18 MARCH 2024 • By Hadani Ditmars
Will Artists Against Genocide Boycott the Venice Biennale?
Editorial

Why “Burn It all Down”?

3 MARCH 2024 • By Lina Mounzer
Why “Burn It all Down”?
Essays

The Time of Monsters

3 MARCH 2024 • By Layla AlAmmar
The Time of Monsters
Books

Four Books to Revolutionize Your Thinking

3 MARCH 2024 • By Rana Asfour
Four Books to Revolutionize Your Thinking
Fiction

“The Map of a Genocide Victim”—fiction from Faris Lounis

3 MARCH 2024 • By Faris Lounis, Jordan Elgrably
“The Map of a Genocide Victim”—fiction from Faris Lounis
Essays

Israel’s Environmental and Economic Warfare on Lebanon

3 MARCH 2024 • By Michelle Eid
Israel’s Environmental and Economic Warfare on Lebanon
Columns

Genocide: “That bell can’t be unrung. That thought can’t be unthunk.”

3 MARCH 2024 • By Amal Ghandour
Genocide: “That bell can’t be unrung. That thought can’t be unthunk.”
Essays

The Story of the Keffiyeh

3 MARCH 2024 • By Rajrupa Das
The Story of the Keffiyeh
Essays

Messages from Gaza Now / 5

26 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Hossam Madhoun
Messages from Gaza Now / 5
Weekly

World Picks from the Editors: Feb 23 — Mar 7

23 FEBRUARY 2024 • By TMR
World Picks from the Editors: Feb 23 — Mar 7
Art

Issam Kourbaj’s Love Letter to Syria in Cambridge

12 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Sophie Kazan Makhlouf
Issam Kourbaj’s Love Letter to Syria in Cambridge
Poetry

“WE” and “4978 and One Nights” by Ghayath Almadhoun

4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Ghayath Al Madhoun
“WE” and “4978 and One Nights” by Ghayath Almadhoun
Editorial

Shoot That Poison Arrow to My Heart: The LSD Editorial

4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Malu Halasa
Shoot That Poison Arrow to My Heart: The LSD Editorial
Art & Photography

The Body, Intimacy and Technology in the Middle East

4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Naima Morelli
The Body, Intimacy and Technology in the Middle East
Columns

Driving in Palestine Now is More Dangerous Than Ever

29 JANUARY 2024 • By TMR
Driving in Palestine Now is More Dangerous Than Ever
Featured article

Israel-Palestine: Peace Under Occupation?

29 JANUARY 2024 • By Laëtitia Soula
Israel-Palestine: Peace Under Occupation?
Books

Illuminated Reading for 2024: Our Anticipated Titles

22 JANUARY 2024 • By TMR
Illuminated Reading for 2024: Our Anticipated Titles
Fiction

“New Reasons”—a short story by Samira Azzam

15 JANUARY 2024 • By Samira Azzam, Ranya Abdelrahman
“New Reasons”—a short story by Samira Azzam
Poetry

Brian Turner: 3 Poems From Three New Books

14 JANUARY 2024 • By Brian Turner
Brian Turner: 3 Poems From Three New Books
Art

Palestinian Artists

12 JANUARY 2024 • By TMR
Palestinian Artists
Essays

Messages from Gaza Now / 3

8 JANUARY 2024 • By Hossam Madhoun
Messages from Gaza Now / 3
Art & Photography

Cyprus: Return to Petrofani with Ali Cherri & Vicky Pericleous

8 JANUARY 2024 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Cyprus: Return to Petrofani with Ali Cherri & Vicky Pericleous
Essays

Gaza Sunbirds: the Palestinian Para-Cyclists Who Won’t Quit

25 DECEMBER 2023 • By Malu Halasa
Gaza Sunbirds: the Palestinian Para-Cyclists Who Won’t Quit
Essays

Jesus Was Palestinian, But Bethlehem Suspends Christmas

25 DECEMBER 2023 • By Ahmed Twaij
Jesus Was Palestinian, But Bethlehem Suspends Christmas
Books

Inside Hamas: From Resistance to Regime

25 DECEMBER 2023 • By Paola Caridi
Inside <em>Hamas: From Resistance to Regime</em>
Columns

Messages from Gaza Now / 2

18 DECEMBER 2023 • By Hossam Madhoun
Messages from Gaza Now / 2
Music

We Will Sing Until the Pain Goes Away—a Palestinian Playlist

18 DECEMBER 2023 • By Brianna Halasa
We Will Sing Until the Pain Goes Away—a Palestinian Playlist
Columns

Messages From Gaza Now

11 DECEMBER 2023 • By Hossam Madhoun
Messages From Gaza Now
Featured excerpt

The Palestine Laboratory and Gaza: An Excerpt

4 DECEMBER 2023 • By Antony Loewenstein
<em>The Palestine Laboratory</em> and Gaza: An Excerpt
Editorial

Why Endings & Beginnings?

3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
Why Endings & Beginnings?
Beirut

“The Summer They Heard Music”—a short story by MK Harb

3 DECEMBER 2023 • By MK Harb
“The Summer They Heard Music”—a short story by MK Harb
Fiction

“I, Hanan”—a Gazan tale of survival by Joumana Haddad

3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Joumana Haddad
“I, Hanan”—a Gazan tale of survival by Joumana Haddad
Art

Hanan Eshaq

3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Hanan Eshaq
Hanan Eshaq
Opinion

Gaza vs. Mosul from a Medical and Humanitarian Standpoint

27 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Ahmed Twaij
Gaza vs. Mosul from a Medical and Humanitarian Standpoint
Art & Photography

Palestinian Artists & Anti-War Supporters of Gaza Cancelled

27 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Nada Ghosn
Palestinian Artists & Anti-War Supporters of Gaza Cancelled
Opinion

What’s in a Ceasefire?

20 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Adrian Kreutz, Enzo Rossi, Lillian Robb
What’s in a Ceasefire?
Book Reviews

The Fiction of Palestine’s Ghassan Zaqtan

13 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Cory Oldweiler
The Fiction of Palestine’s Ghassan Zaqtan
Opinion

Beautiful October 7th Art Belies the Horrors of War

13 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Mark LeVine
Beautiful October 7th Art Belies the Horrors of War
Arabic

Poet Ahmad Almallah

9 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Ahmad Almallah
Poet Ahmad Almallah
Opinion

Palestine’s Pen against Israel’s Swords of Injustice

6 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Mai Al-Nakib
Palestine’s Pen against Israel’s Swords of Injustice
Books

Domicide—War on the City

5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Ammar Azzouz
<em>Domicide</em>—War on the City
Essays

On Fathers, Daughters and the Genocide in Gaza 

30 OCTOBER 2023 • By Deema K Shehabi
On Fathers, Daughters and the Genocide in Gaza 
Islam

October 7 and the First Days of the War

23 OCTOBER 2023 • By Robin Yassin-Kassab
October 7 and the First Days of the War
Editorial

Palestine and the Unspeakable

16 OCTOBER 2023 • By Lina Mounzer
Palestine and the Unspeakable
Art

The Ongoing Nakba—Rasha Al-Jundi’s Embroidery Series

16 OCTOBER 2023 • By Rasha Al Jundi
The Ongoing Nakba—Rasha Al-Jundi’s Embroidery Series
Art

Vera Tamari’s Lifetime of Palestinian Art

16 OCTOBER 2023 • By Taline Voskeritchian
Vera Tamari’s Lifetime of Palestinian Art
Book Reviews

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story

16 OCTOBER 2023 • By Dalia Hatuqa
<em>A Day in the Life of Abed Salama</em>: A Palestine Story
Essays

Forging Peace for Artsakh—The Debacle of Nagorno Karabagh

16 OCTOBER 2023 • By Seta Kabranian-Melkonian
Forging Peace for Artsakh—The Debacle of Nagorno Karabagh
Weekly

World Picks from the Editors, Oct 13 — Oct 27, 2023

12 OCTOBER 2023 • By TMR
World Picks from the Editors, Oct 13 — Oct 27, 2023
Poetry

Home: New Arabic Poems in Translation

11 OCTOBER 2023 • By Sarah Coolidge
<em>Home</em>: New Arabic Poems in Translation
Books

Edward Said: Writing in the Service of Life 

9 OCTOBER 2023 • By Layla AlAmmar
Edward Said: Writing in the Service of Life 
Books

Fairouz: The Peacemaker and Champion of Palestine

1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Dima Issa
Fairouz: The Peacemaker and Champion of Palestine
Art & Photography

Adel Abidin, October 2023

1 OCTOBER 2023 • By TMR
Adel Abidin, October 2023
Book Reviews

Saqi’s Revenant: Sahar Khalifeh’s Classic Nablus Novel Wild Thorns

25 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Noshin Bokth
Saqi’s Revenant: Sahar Khalifeh’s Classic Nablus Novel <em>Wild Thorns</em>
Book Reviews

Laila Halaby’s The Weight of Ghosts is a Haunting Memoir

28 AUGUST 2023 • By Thérèse Soukar Chehade
Laila Halaby’s <em>The Weight of Ghosts</em> is a Haunting Memoir
Book Reviews

What’s the Solution for Jews and Palestine in the Face of Apartheid Zionism?

21 AUGUST 2023 • By Jonathan Ofir
What’s the Solution for Jews and Palestine in the Face of Apartheid Zionism?
Opinion

The Middle East is Once Again West Asia

14 AUGUST 2023 • By Chas Freeman, Jr.
The Middle East is Once Again West Asia
Book Reviews

Ilan Pappé on Tahrir Hamdi’s Imagining Palestine

7 AUGUST 2023 • By Ilan Pappé
Ilan Pappé on Tahrir Hamdi’s <em> Imagining Palestine</em>
Poetry

Three Poems from Pantea Amin Tofangchi’s Glazed With War

3 AUGUST 2023 • By Pantea Amin Tofangchi
Three Poems from Pantea Amin Tofangchi’s <em>Glazed With War</em>
Art

What Palestine Brings to the World—a Major Paris Exhibition

31 JULY 2023 • By Sasha Moujaes
<em>What Palestine Brings to the World</em>—a Major Paris Exhibition
Book Reviews

Can the Kurdish Women’s Movement Transform the Middle East?

31 JULY 2023 • By Matt Broomfield
Can the Kurdish Women’s Movement Transform the Middle East?
Book Reviews

Why Isn’t Ghaith Abdul-Ahad a Household Name?

10 JULY 2023 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Why Isn’t Ghaith Abdul-Ahad a Household Name?
Opinion

The End of the Palestinian State? Jenin Is Only the Beginning

10 JULY 2023 • By Yousef M. Aljamal
The End of the Palestinian State? Jenin Is Only the Beginning
Fiction

Tears from a Glass Eye—a story by Samira Azzam

2 JULY 2023 • By Samira Azzam, Ranya Abdelrahman
Tears from a Glass Eye—a story by Samira Azzam
Columns

The Rite of Flooding: When the Land Speaks

19 JUNE 2023 • By Bint Mbareh
The Rite of Flooding: When the Land Speaks
Editorial

EARTH: Our Only Home

4 JUNE 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
EARTH: Our Only Home
Arabic

Arab Theatre Grapples With Climate Change, Borders, War & Love

4 JUNE 2023 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
Arab Theatre Grapples With Climate Change, Borders, War & Love
Essays

Alien Entities in the Desert

4 JUNE 2023 • By Dror Shohet
Alien Entities in the Desert
Featured Artist

Nasrin Abu Baker: The Markaz Review Featured Artist, June 2023

4 JUNE 2023 • By TMR
Nasrin Abu Baker: The Markaz Review Featured Artist, June 2023
Islam

From Pawns to Global Powers: Middle East Nations Strike Back

29 MAY 2023 • By Chas Freeman, Jr.
From Pawns to Global Powers: Middle East Nations Strike Back
Book Reviews

How Bethlehem Evolved From Jerusalem’s Sleepy Backwater to a Global Town

15 MAY 2023 • By Karim Kattan
How Bethlehem Evolved From Jerusalem’s Sleepy Backwater to a Global Town
TMR Conversations

TMR CONVERSATIONS: Amal Ghandour Interviews Raja Shehadeh

11 MAY 2023 • By Amal Ghandour, Raja Shehadeh
TMR CONVERSATIONS: Amal Ghandour Interviews Raja Shehadeh
Opinion

Nurredin Amro’s Epic Battle to Save His Home From Demolition

24 APRIL 2023 • By Nora Lester Murad
Nurredin Amro’s Epic Battle to Save His Home From Demolition
Essays

When a Country is not a Country—the Chimera of Borders

17 APRIL 2023 • By Ara Oshagan
When a Country is not a Country—the Chimera of Borders
Essays

Artsakh and the Truth About the Legend of Monte Melkonian

17 APRIL 2023 • By Seta Kabranian-Melkonian
Artsakh and the Truth About the Legend of Monte Melkonian
Film Reviews

Yallah Gaza! Presents the Case for Gazan Humanity

10 APRIL 2023 • By Karim Goury
<em>Yallah Gaza!</em> Presents the Case for Gazan Humanity
Beirut

Tel Aviv-Beirut, a Film on War, Love & Borders

20 MARCH 2023 • By Karim Goury
<em>Tel Aviv-Beirut</em>, a Film on War, Love & Borders
Beirut

Interview with Michale Boganim, Director of Tel Aviv-Beirut

20 MARCH 2023 • By Karim Goury
Interview with Michale Boganim, Director of <em>Tel Aviv-Beirut</em>
Book Reviews

In Search of Fathers: Raja Shehadeh’s Palestinian Memoir

13 MARCH 2023 • By Amal Ghandour
In Search of Fathers: Raja Shehadeh’s Palestinian Memoir
Centerpiece

Broken Home: Britain in the Time of Migration

5 MARCH 2023 • By Malu Halasa
Broken Home: Britain in the Time of Migration
Essays

More Photographs Taken From The Pocket of a Dead Arab

5 MARCH 2023 • By Saeed Taji Farouky
More Photographs Taken From The Pocket of a Dead Arab
Essays

Home Under Siege: a Palestine Photo Essay

5 MARCH 2023 • By Anam Raheem
Home Under Siege: a Palestine Photo Essay
Art & Photography

Becoming Palestine Imagines a Liberated Future

27 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Katie Logan
<em>Becoming Palestine</em> Imagines a Liberated Future
Book Reviews

Yemen War Survivors Speak in What Have You Left Behind?

20 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Saliha Haddad
Yemen War Survivors Speak in <em>What Have You Left Behind?</em>
Beirut

Arab Women’s War Stories, Oral Histories from Lebanon

13 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Evelyne Accad
Arab Women’s War Stories, Oral Histories from Lebanon
Columns

Sudden Journeys: Deluge at Wadi Feynan

6 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Jenine Abboushi
Sudden Journeys: Deluge at Wadi Feynan
TV Review

Palestinian Territories Under Siege But Season 4 of Fauda Goes to Brussels and Beirut Instead

6 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Brett Kline
Palestinian Territories Under Siege But Season 4 of <em>Fauda</em> Goes to Brussels and Beirut Instead
Art

The Creative Resistance in Palestinian Art

26 DECEMBER 2022 • By Malu Halasa
The Creative Resistance in Palestinian Art
Book Reviews

Mohamed Makhzangi Despairs at Man’s Cruelty to Animals

26 DECEMBER 2022 • By Saliha Haddad
Mohamed Makhzangi Despairs at Man’s Cruelty to Animals
Columns

Moroccans Triumph at World Cup While Press Freedom Suffers

15 DECEMBER 2022 • By Samia Errazzouki
Moroccans Triumph at World Cup While Press Freedom Suffers
Essays

Conflict and Freedom in Palestine, a Trip Down Memory Lane

15 DECEMBER 2022 • By Eman Quotah
Art

Art World Picks: Albraehe, Kerem Yavuz, Zeghidour, Amer & Tatah

12 DECEMBER 2022 • By TMR
Art

Museums in Exile—MO.CO’s show for Chile, Sarajevo & Palestine

12 DECEMBER 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Museums in Exile—MO.CO’s show for Chile, Sarajevo & Palestine
Art

Where is the Palestinian National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art?

12 DECEMBER 2022 • By Nora Ounnas Leroy
Where is the Palestinian National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art?
Columns

Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 3

5 DECEMBER 2022 • By Jenine Abboushi
Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 3
Book Reviews

Fida Jiryis on Palestine in Stranger in My Own Land

28 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Diana Buttu
Fida Jiryis on Palestine in <em>Stranger in My Own Land</em>
Fiction

“Eleazar”—a short story by Karim Kattan

15 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Karim Kattan
“Eleazar”—a short story by Karim Kattan
Columns

Free Alaa Now

7 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Free Alaa Now
Opinion

Fragile Freedom, Fragile States in the Muslim World

24 OCTOBER 2022 • By I. Rida Mahmood
Fragile Freedom, Fragile States in the Muslim World
Editorial

You Don’t Have to Be A Super Hero to Be a Heroine

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By TMR
You Don’t Have to Be A Super Hero to Be a Heroine
Interviews

Interview with Ahed Tamimi, an Icon of the Palestinian Resistance

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Nora Lester Murad
Interview with Ahed Tamimi, an Icon of the Palestinian Resistance
Essays

Yemen’s Feminist Trailblazer Flees Death Threats for a New Life in the UK

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Nadia Al-Sakkaf
Yemen’s Feminist Trailblazer Flees Death Threats for a New Life in the UK
Columns

Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 1

26 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Jenine Abboushi
Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 1
Film

Ziad Kalthoum: Trajectory of a Syrian Filmmaker

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Viola Shafik
Ziad Kalthoum: Trajectory of a Syrian Filmmaker
Columns

Phoneless in Filthy Berlin

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Maisan Hamdan, Rana Asfour
Phoneless in Filthy Berlin
Columns

Unapologetic Palestinians, Reactionary Germans

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Abir Kopty
Unapologetic Palestinians, Reactionary Germans
Art & Photography

Photographer Mohamed Badarne (Palestine) and his U48 Project

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Viola Shafik
Photographer Mohamed Badarne (Palestine) and his U48 Project
Opinion

Attack on Salman Rushdie is Shocking Tip of the Iceberg

15 AUGUST 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Attack on Salman Rushdie is Shocking Tip of the Iceberg
Art

Abundant Middle Eastern Talent at the ’22 Avignon Theatre Fest

18 JULY 2022 • By Nada Ghosn
Abundant Middle Eastern Talent at the ’22 Avignon Theatre Fest
Editorial

Editorial: Is the World Driving Us Mad?

15 JULY 2022 • By TMR
Editorial: Is the World Driving Us Mad?
Film Reviews

War and Trauma in Yemen: Asim Abdulaziz’s “1941”

15 JULY 2022 • By Farah Abdessamad
War and Trauma in Yemen: Asim Abdulaziz’s “1941”
Book Reviews

Alaa Abd El-Fattah—the Revolutionary el-Sissi Fears Most?

11 JULY 2022 • By Fouad Mami
Alaa Abd El-Fattah—the Revolutionary el-Sissi Fears Most?
Book Reviews

A Poet and Librarian Catalogs Life in Gaza

20 JUNE 2022 • By Eman Quotah
A Poet and Librarian Catalogs Life in Gaza
Art & Photography

Featured Artist: Steve Sabella, Beyond Palestine

15 JUNE 2022 • By TMR
Featured Artist: Steve Sabella, Beyond Palestine
Essays

Sulafa Zidani: “Three Buses and the Rhythm of Remembering”

15 JUNE 2022 • By Sulafa Zidani
Sulafa Zidani: “Three Buses and the Rhythm of Remembering”
Film

Saeed Taji Farouky: “Strange Cities Are Familiar”

15 JUNE 2022 • By Saeed Taji Farouky
Saeed Taji Farouky: “Strange Cities Are Familiar”
Art & Photography

Steve Sabella: Excerpts from “The Parachute Paradox”

15 JUNE 2022 • By Steve Sabella
Steve Sabella: Excerpts from “The Parachute Paradox”
Fiction

Selma Dabbagh: “Trash”

15 JUNE 2022 • By Selma Dabbagh
Selma Dabbagh: “Trash”
Opinion

Israel and Palestine: Focus on the Problem, Not the Solution

30 MAY 2022 • By Mark Habeeb
Israel and Palestine: Focus on the Problem, Not the Solution
Book Reviews

Fragmented Love in Alison Glick’s “The Other End of the Sea”

16 MAY 2022 • By Nora Lester Murad
Fragmented Love in Alison Glick’s “The Other End of the Sea”
Essays

We, Palestinian Israelis

15 MAY 2022 • By Jenine Abboushi
We, Palestinian Israelis
Book Reviews

In East Jerusalem, Palestinian Youth Struggle for Freedom

15 MAY 2022 • By Mischa Geracoulis
Featured excerpt

Palestinian and Israeli: Excerpt from “Haifa Fragments”

15 MAY 2022 • By khulud khamis
Palestinian and Israeli: Excerpt from “Haifa Fragments”
Latest Reviews

Palestinian Filmmaker, Israeli Passport

15 MAY 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Palestinian Filmmaker, Israeli Passport
Film

Art Film Depicts the Landlocked Drama of Nagorno-Karabakh

2 MAY 2022 • By Taline Voskeritchian
Art Film Depicts the Landlocked Drama of Nagorno-Karabakh
Opinion

Palestinians and Israelis Will Commemorate the Nakba Together

25 APRIL 2022 • By Rana Salman, Yonatan Gher
Palestinians and Israelis Will Commemorate the Nakba Together
Latest Reviews

Food in Palestine: Five Videos From Nasser Atta

15 APRIL 2022 • By Nasser Atta
Food in Palestine: Five Videos From Nasser Atta
Columns

Green Almonds in Ramallah

15 APRIL 2022 • By Wafa Shami
Green Almonds in Ramallah
Columns

Libyan, Palestinian and Syrian Family Dinners in London

15 APRIL 2022 • By Layla Maghribi
Libyan, Palestinian and Syrian Family Dinners in London
Film Reviews

Palestine in Pieces: Hany Abu-Assad’s Huda’s Salon

21 MARCH 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Palestine in Pieces: Hany Abu-Assad’s <em>Huda’s Salon</em>
Opinion

U.S. Sanctions Russia for its Invasion of Ukraine; Now Sanction Israel for its Occupation of Palestine

21 MARCH 2022 • By Yossi Khen, Jeff Warner
U.S. Sanctions Russia for its Invasion of Ukraine; Now Sanction Israel for its Occupation of Palestine
Columns

Nowruz and The Sins of the New Day

21 MARCH 2022 • By Maha Tourbah
Nowruz and The Sins of the New Day
Essays

Mariupol, Ukraine and the Crime of Hospital Bombing

17 MARCH 2022 • By Neve Gordon, Nicola Perugini
Mariupol, Ukraine and the Crime of Hospital Bombing
Art

Fiction: “Skin Calluses” by Khalil Younes

15 MARCH 2022 • By Khalil Younes
Fiction: “Skin Calluses” by Khalil Younes
Columns

“There’s Nothing Worse Than War”

24 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
“There’s Nothing Worse Than War”
Fiction

Fiction from “Free Fall”: I fled the city as a murderer whose crime had just been uncovered

15 JANUARY 2022 • By Abeer Esber, Nouha Homad
Fiction from “Free Fall”: I fled the city as a murderer whose crime had just been uncovered
Book Reviews

Temptations of the Imagination: how Jana Elhassan and Samar Yazbek transmogrify the world

10 JANUARY 2022 • By Rana Asfour
Temptations of the Imagination: how Jana Elhassan and Samar Yazbek transmogrify the world
Fiction

Three Levantine Tales

15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Nouha Homad
Three Levantine Tales
Beirut

Sudden Journeys: The Villa Salameh Bequest

29 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi
Sudden Journeys: The Villa Salameh Bequest
Essays

Syria Through British Eyes

29 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Rana Haddad
Syria Through British Eyes
Book Reviews

The Vanishing: Are Arab Christians an Endangered Minority?

15 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Hadani Ditmars
The Vanishing: Are Arab Christians an Endangered Minority?
Film Reviews

Victims of Discrimination Never Forget in The Forgotten Ones

1 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Jordan Elgrably
Victims of Discrimination Never Forget in <em>The Forgotten Ones</em>
Featured excerpt

Memoirs of a Militant, My Years in the Khiam Women’s Prison

15 OCTOBER 2021 • By Nawal Qasim Baidoun
Memoirs of a Militant, My Years in the Khiam Women’s Prison
Centerpiece

The Untold Story of Zakaria Zubeidi

15 OCTOBER 2021 • By Ramzy Baroud
The Untold Story of Zakaria Zubeidi
Film Reviews

Will Love Triumph in the Midst of Gaza’s 14-Year Siege?

11 OCTOBER 2021 • By Jordan Elgrably
Will Love Triumph in the Midst of Gaza’s 14-Year Siege?
Columns

In Flawed Democracies, White Supremacy and Ethnocentrism Flourish

1 AUGUST 2021 • By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat
In Flawed Democracies, White Supremacy and Ethnocentrism Flourish
Weekly

Heba Hayek’s Gaza Memories

1 AUGUST 2021 • By Shereen Malherbe
Heba Hayek’s Gaza Memories
Memoir

“Guns and Figs” from Heba Hayek’s new Gaza book

1 AUGUST 2021 • By Heba Hayek
“Guns and Figs” from Heba Hayek’s new Gaza book
Weekly

Wafa Shami’s Palestinian Mulukhiyah

25 JULY 2021 • By Wafa Shami
Wafa Shami’s Palestinian Mulukhiyah
Weekly

Fadi Kattan’s Fatteh Ghazawiya الفتة الغزاوية

25 JULY 2021 • By Fadi Kattan
Fadi Kattan’s Fatteh Ghazawiya الفتة الغزاوية
Columns

When War is Just Another Name for Murder

15 JULY 2021 • By Norman G. Finkelstein
When War is Just Another Name for Murder
Fiction

Gazan Skies, from the novel “Out of It”

14 JULY 2021 • By Selma Dabbagh
Gazan Skies, from the novel “Out of It”
Art

Malak Mattar — Gaza Artist and Survivor

14 JULY 2021 • By Jordan Elgrably
Malak Mattar — Gaza Artist and Survivor
Essays

The Gaza Mythologies

14 JULY 2021 • By Ilan Pappé
The Gaza Mythologies
Columns

The Semantics of Gaza, War and Truth

14 JULY 2021 • By Mischa Geracoulis
The Semantics of Gaza, War and Truth
Latest Reviews

No Exit

14 JULY 2021 • By Allam Zedan
No Exit
Essays

Gaza, You and Me

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